Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has visited the scene of an attack, where police, soldiers were brutally killed by suspected unknown gunmen at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.
On his visit, the governor commiserated with the families of the deceased, assuring Imo indigenes of the government’s commitment in combating criminality in the state.
No fewer than five members of a joint security task force team comprising the police, army, Department of State Services (DSS) personnel, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) agents were reportedly ambushed and killed by gunmen.
The ugly incident was said to have occurred in the Umualumaku community.
According to the villagers, the task force was on patrol in two security trucks when they were ambushed by the gunmen, who set their trucks ablaze around the Oriagu and Aba axis of the community.
